Teach English in Macedonia

Macedonia is a small country north of Greece in the Balkans. It is an up and coming destination for English language schools and hence, needs native speaking English teachers. Private companies are beginning to open in Skopje, the capital, at an every increasing rate. Private language companies, like the British Council, mostly cater to adults and business people wanting to learn English or to children. Macedonian children must attend Macedonian schools from grades one through eight, but there are international schools that are taught in English. In high school, all children may go to private schools, so there may be job openings for native English teachers there as well.

Private language companies often hire native speaking English teachers without any university degrees. Private schools and better companies, however, ask for a bachelor’s degree and TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certification. Experience is also always useful for getting any English teaching job.

Private companies generally pay $10-$15 dollars an hour, while private schools pay even more — but expect a salaried wage. Rent is around $250 dollars a month in Macedonia, and transportation and food are also cheap, so you can expect to save a good amount of your income.

If you are working for a private school they should help sponsor you for a work visa. However, tourists are granted three month visas on arrival and can do visa runs every three months for a new tourist visa.

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Wade Shepard is a traveling writer who has been traveling the world since 1999, through 76 countries. He is the author of Ghost Cities of China, a contributor to Forbes, Citiscope, The Diplomat, and many other publications. This is his personal blog where he collects the stories, anecdotes, and observations from his travels that don’t fit in anywhere else.

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